Welcome back, Literary Slummers, to another episode of Shelf Aware, the podcast where we delve into books outside our comfort zones. This fortnight, we are continuing our discussion of the new adult genre with a book a little bit more stereotypical of the genre: Losing It by Cora Carmack.

Sources:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=to-86guDibM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mn3aKZ8ZVFo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aMw8PG-xj8o

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/the-problem-with-new-adul_b_3755165

https://www.well-storied.com/blog/what-is-new-adult-fiction

https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/publishing-and-marketing/article/55164-new-adult-needless-marketing-speak-or-valued-subgenre.html

https://web.archive.org/web/20091116232431/http://sjaejones.com:80/blog/2009/st-martins-new-adult-contest/

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/how-young-adult-fiction-blossomed-with-teenage-culture-in-america-180968967/

Reading Recommendations:

Leigh Bardugo, Rainbow Rowell, Sarah J. Maas

The Gilded Wolves by Roshani Chokshi

Giant Days by John Allison